Abstract: Los Angeles architect Ray Kappe is one of Southern California's preeminent designers of modern residential architecture and
a long-time educator who founded the influential Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Consisting of drawings,
documents, photographs, client correspondence, and writings, the archive is an important resource for the study of postwar
California modernism, and in particular the development of prefabrication and sustainability in modern housing. The archive
is also a valuable resource for studying the recent history of architectural education.

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Biographical/Historical Note

The son of Romanian immigrants, Raymond Kappe was born on August 4, 1927 in Minneapolis. After his family relocated to Los
Angeles, Kappe attended Emerson Junior High School in West Los Angeles, which had been designed by Richard Neutra in the late
1930s. The two-story steel-framed building with sliding glass doors for outdoor classrooms and rooftop terraces made a valuable
impression on him, as did Neutra's apartments in Westwood. These early experiences with modern architecture, combined with
his love of drawing and talent in mathematics and science, helped shape his career path while he was still a teenager. He
spent a single semester at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1945 before he was drafted into the postwar
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, where he served for two years as a topographical surveying instructor. After his discharge, Kappe
attended the University of California, Berkeley, earning his B.Arch in 1951.

After graduation, Kappe worked as a draftsman for the San Francisco firm of Anshen and Allen, where he was involved in the
design of the Eichler tract homes. Later that year, he moved back to Los Angeles to work with Carl Maston, a lesser-known
but highly practiced modern architect. In 1953, the pair each designed a six-unit apartment building side-by-side on National
Boulevard in West Los Angeles. The success of the project led Kappe to open his own architecture and planning firm, which
he operated as a private venture until 1968.

Most of Kappe's early houses consisted of small post-and-beam structures with flat or shallow-pitched roofs. Inspired by the
postwar housing boom in Southern California and the Case Study House program, Kappe envisioned the single-family house as
the ideal medium for experimentation in prefabricated construction. The objective was to produce a prototype that could be
duplicated and slightly altered to meet the needs of individual sites and clients. By the early 1960s, he had developed a
structural system that rooted six or eight steel-reinforced concrete or wooden towers into the ground, effectively reducing
the footprint of the home. Also, while many of his contemporaries distanced themselves from the construction process, Kappe
embraced a system of design-build throughout his career. The design for Kappe's own residence, completed in 1967, typified
the architect's interest in multi-level and cost-effective modular construction on outwardly "unbuildable" sites. The muscular
Douglas fir composition and reliance on the surrounding landscape reflected his Bay Area training, as well as his appreciation
for vernacular traditions dating to the local Arts and Crafts movement. He would echo this complex treatment of light, space,
materials, and texture, along with the complete integration of site, in many of his other hillside projects throughout Los
Angeles.

During the 1960s, Kappe joined the AIA Urban Design Committee with future partners Herb Kahn and Rex Lotery with the goal
of developing new methods of hillside building. Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners (1970-1974), later Kahn Kappe Lotery
Boccato Architects Planners (1974-1982), undertook a number of large scale planning and residential projects throughout California.
Concerned with energy efficiency and new state environmental laws, much of the work reveals a newfound reliance on steel and
concrete construction, as well as natural light and heating elements. With the advent of postmodernism and the movement away
from planning studies towards developer-driven implementation strategies in large cities by the early 1980s, however, the
partners amicably agreed to dissolve the firm in order to uphold the integrity of their design philosophies.

Since 1982, Kappe has worked both independently and in collaboration with others, including his sons Finn and Ron Kappe, on
numerous projects. In recent years, he has returned to his interest in prefabricated modular design. In 2003, developer Steve
Glenn approached him about producing a line of prefabricated, sustainable houses called LivingHomes. In 2007, he completed
the first residence to be awarded the platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating of the U.S. Green
Building Council through this partnership.

In addition to his architectural and planning practice, Kappe has enjoyed a long career as an educator. He entered the teaching
profession in the mid-1960s as an instructor at the University of Southern California (USC). In 1967, Bernard Zimmerman, a
landscape architect at California Polytechnic University, Pomona (CalPoly), approached him about creating an architecture
program there. Kappe built a successful program based on the principle of experimentation, but left the school in 1972 as
a result of fundamental differences with the dean. Along with a group of like-minded faculty and students, he founded the
avant-garde New School, later renamed Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Kappe encouraged invention,
exploration, and criticism among his students, integrating courses in the social and behavioral aspects of architecture into
the design curriculum. His central interests in urban issues, technology and environmental response concerns remained at the
forefront of the program until postmodernism began to dominate architectural discourse in the 1980s. Kappe stepped down from
his director position in 1987, though he continued to teach there and at USC.

Administrative Information

Access

Open for use by qualified researchers, with the exception of the student records in Box 56A which will remain sealed until
2062. Contact the repository for information regarding access to the architectural models.

In 2011 with grant funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), Laura Dominguez and Suzanne Noruschat
processed the collection and created the inventory under the supervision of Ann Harrison.

The processing of the collection remains preliminary. Drawings in flatfile folders 174**, 189**, 252**-252A**, 267**, 269**-270**,
289**, as well as Rolls 25** - 26** need conservation treatment for the removal of adhesives. Also some materials in Series
III are water-damaged.

Related Archival Materials

The papers of Kappe's partner, Rex Lotery, are held by the Art, Design & Architecture Museum of the University of California,
Santa Barbara.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Ray Kappe papers offer comprehensive coverage of his long and varied career, which began in the 1950s and encompassed
roles as architect, planner, and educator. The archive highlights Kappe's role in furthering the strong California tradition
of designing buildings in tune with nature, of experimenting with prefabricated building components and modular planning,
and of addressing such issues as sustainability. The collection is therefore a valuable resource for studying important developments
in post-war California modernism, including the development of what is today known as "green" architecture. The collection
is also a useful resource for studying the recent history of architectural education, as Kappe directed programs at both California
Polytechnic University, Pomona and Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), one of the country's most influential
and experimental schools of architecture.

The project records in Series I form the core of the collection. Representing the first 50 years of Kappe's career, the series
encompasses the majority of the architect's oeuvre. Included here is Kappe's independent work, as well as the projects of
the firms Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners and Kahn Kappe Lotery and Boccato Architects Planners. The archive does not
contain Kappe's more recent work initiated or completed after 2003, such as the energy-efficient residences designed for Steve
Glenn's LivingHomes. Comprising over 300 executed and unexecuted projects ranging from large and small residences to office
buildings and parks, the archive holds drawings and models, in addition to sketches, photographs, and project files, and it
provides documentation on major projects from the early, middle, and later phases of Kappe's career. Included, for instance,
is the groundbreaking house Kappe designed for his own family in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles in 1965, which
heralded the architect's expert use of post-and-beam construction and an elevated design system that allowed the building
to nestle sensitively on its awkward hillside site. Represented, too, is the 1977 Borghei House (Santa Monica Canyon) in which
Kappe responded to new building code restrictions by using concrete-block construction and smaller window apertures, and the
1993 Shapiro House (Santa Monica Canyon) that saw Kappe experimenting with steel frames and poured concrete while still emphasizing
his core principles of uniting interior and exterior spaces and foregrounding energy efficiency and modularity. A particularly
interesting portion of the archive consists of planning projects, such as those prepared for the cities of Inglewood and Compton,
that highlight a commitment to revitalizing urban neighborhoods and commercial districts.

The two subsequent series document other facets of Kappe's professional life. Series II comprises his teaching materials and
administrative records during his tenure at Cal Poly Pomona and SCI-Arc. This documentation reveals Kappe's interest in redefining
architectural education through experimental curriculum and practice. Series III is composed of all other materials, aside
from the individual project files, relating to Kappe's professional affiliations and role as a leading Southern California
architect and planner. He maintained ample records of his decades-long involvement with the American Institute of Architects
and with the Los Angeles Goals Program, in addition to preserving documentation of others citing his work in a variety of
media. The series also highlights his interest in energy conservation, urban design, and affordable housing.

Container List

Series I documents the architectural and planning projects of Ray Kappe, as well as those of the firms of Kahn Kappe Lotery
Architects Planners (1970-1974) and Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners (1974-1982). Within the collaborative framework
of the two architectural firms, Kappe served as principal for many of the projects included in the archive, but projects led
by the other partners - Herbert Kahn, Rex Lotery and Clellio Boccato - are also included.

General documentation, architectural drawings, photographs and models form this series. General documentation files vary,
but may include correspondence, reports, contracts, job bids and proposals, structural calculations, receipts, specifications,
and press coverage. Occasionally a small drawing or reproduction may also be included with documentation. The architectural
drawings encompass plans, elevations, sections, details, and perspectival drawings, renderings and presentation boards, both
originals and reproductions. The reproduction drawings take a variety of formats including diazotypes, sepia prints, photostats,
and electrostatic prints. The photographic documentation principally includes photography taken at the time projects were
recently completed or under construction, and includes work by prominent architectural photographers such as Julius Shulman,
Marvin Rand, and Kent Oppenheimer.

The dates given here are project dates taken from Kappe's records or from the drawings and documentation of a project, but
earlier and later material may be present. Locations of projects are indicated when known. For the architectural drawings,
the designation "standard" refers to examples measuring up to 37" x 49", with larger drawings indicated as oversize.

Arrangement

The projects are arranged in roughly chronological order, a refinement of the original order. Undated projects and unidentified
material appear at the end of the series.

National Boulevard Apartments (Los Angeles, 1954)

Box 1, Folder 1

Documentation

Flatfile 1**

Drawings

Photography

Box 42, Folder 1

Black-and-white photographs

Box 92, Folder 1

Color photographs and negatives

Goetschel House (Tujunga, 1954)

Box 1, Folder 2

Documentation

Flatfile 2**

Drawings

Phineas Kappe House (Sherman Oaks, 1956)

Box 1, Folder 3-5

Documentation

Flatfile 3**-4**

Drawings

Box 42, Folder 2

Black-and-white photographs

Stoner House (Long Beach, 1956)

Box 1, Folder 6

Documentation

Flatfile 5**

Drawings

Photography

Box 42, Folder 3

Black-and-white photographs

Box 92, Folder 2

Negatives

Enstedt Apartments (Los Angeles, 1956)

Box 9, Folder 8

Documentation

Flatfile 6**

Drawings

Flatfile 7**

Paul Nass Apartments (Los Angeles, 1956)

Waymire House (Los Angeles, 1957)

Box 1, Folder 7-8

Documentation

Flatfile 8**

Drawings

Box 42, Folder 4

Black-and-white photographs

Friend House (Los Angeles, 1957)

Box 1, Folder 9-11

Documentation

Flatfile 9**

Drawings

Lowen House (Los Angeles, 1957)

Box 2, Folder 1

Documentation

Flatfile 11**

Drawings

Flatfile 13**

Wyman-Finell Office Building (1957)

Flatfile 10**

Kasof House (Los Angeles, 1957)

Flatfile 261**

Forrest Remodel (Los Angeles, 1957)

Smith House (Los Angeles, 1957)

Box 2, Folder 2

Documentation

Flatfile 12**

Drawings

Flatfile 262**

Buzza House (Beverly Hills, 1958)

Flatfile 14**

Berkus-Kappe Apartments (Los Angeles, 1958)

Taylor House (Los Angeles, 1958)

Flatfile 15**

Drawings

Box 73

Model

Hayes House (Sherman Oaks, 1959)

Documentation

Box 2, Folder 3-4

General

Box 75*, Folder 1

Oversize clippings

Flatfile 19**

Drawings

Photography

Box 42, Folder 5

Black-and-white photographs

Box 92, Folder 3

Color photographs

Erdley House (Pacific Palisades, 1959)

Flatfile 17**

Drawings

Box 71

Model

Flatfile 20**

Frishberg Addition (Los Angeles, 1959)

Flatfile 16**

Clemmons House (Los Angeles, 1959)

Flatfile 18**

Glaser House (Los Angeles, 1959)

Flatfile 21**

Seligman House (Los Angeles, 1959)

Flatfile 27**

Wohlstadter House (North Hollywood, 1960)

Flatfile 26**

Sarna House (Los Angeles, 1960)

Flatfile 24**

Davis House (Los Angeles, 1960)

Flatfile 25**

Kosser House (Los Angeles, 1960)

Ragan House (Pasadena, 1960)

Box 2, Folder 5

Documentation

Flatfile 22**

Drawings

Hammond Apartments (1960)

Box 2, Folder 6

Documentation

Flatfile 23**

Drawings

Barsha House (Sherman Oaks, 1961)

Documentation

Box 2, Folder 7-8

General

Box 75*, Folder 2

Oversize plan correction sheet

Flatfile 28**

Drawings

Beling House (Woodland Hills, 1961)

Box 3, Folder 1

Documentation

Flatfile 29**

Drawings

Box 42, Folder 6

Black-and-white photographs

Brody House (Los Angeles, 1961)

Box 3, Folder 2

Documentation

Flatfile 30**

Drawings

Gates House (Pacific Palisades, 1961)

Box 3, Folder 3-5

Documentation

Flatfile 31**

Drawings

Box 42, Folder 7

Black-and-white photographs

Box 88*

Model

Gish Commercial Property (North Hollywood, 1961)

Box 3, Folder 6-7

Documentation

Flatfile 32**

Drawings

Meyer House (Sherman Oaks, 1961)

Documentation

Box 3, Folder 8-9

General

Box 75*, Folder 3

Oversize clipping

Flatfile 33**

Drawings

Box 43, Folder 1

Black-and-white photographs

Reinhart House (Pacific Palisades, 1961)

Box 3, Folder 10

Documentation

Flatfile 34**

Drawings

Vedanta Society Apartments (Hollywood, 1961)

Box 3, Folder 11-12

Documentation

Flatfile 35**

Drawings

Box 43, Folder 2

Black-and-white photographs

Mummey House (Tarzana, 1961)

Box 4, Folder 1

Documentation

Flatfile 36**

Drawings

Flatfile 37**

Pace House (Palos Verdes, 1961)

Bernheim House (Los Angeles, 1962)

Box 4, Folder 2

Documentation

Flatfile 38**

Drawings

Clausen House (Los Angeles, 1962)

Box 4, Folder 3-4

Documentation

Drawings

Flatfile 39**

Standard

Box 99*

Oversize

Box 4, Folder 5

Gale House (Los Angeles, 1962)

Sellan Hotel-Restaurant (Torrance, 1962)

Box 4, Folder 6

Documentation

Flatfile 41**

Drawings

Flatfile 40**

Rubin House (Los Angeles, 1962)

Flatfile 42**

Financial Center Building (1962)

California Governor's Mansion Competition (Sacramento, 1962)

Documentation

Box 41, Folder 1

General

Box 75*, Folder 4

Oversize clipping and site plans

Box 92, Folder 4

Color photographs and negatives

Etlin Realty Office (North Hollywood, 1963)

Box 4, Folder 7

Documentation

Drawings

Flatfile 44**

Standard

Box 82*, Folder 2-4

Presentation drawings and plans

Box 43, Folder 3

Black-and-white photographs

Handman House (Sherman Oaks, 1963)

Documentation

Box 4, Folder 8

General

Box 75*, Folder 5

Oversize clipping

Flatfile 45**

Drawings

Box 43, Folder 4

Black-and-white photographs

Carson House (Brentwood, 1963)

Flatfile 43**

Standard drawings

Roll 1**

Oversize drawings

C&C Development-Moorpark Apartments (North Hollywood, 1963)

Box 4, Folder 9

Documentation

Flatfile 46**

Drawings

Box 43, Folder 5

Black-and-white photographs

Fredonia Apartments (North Hollywood, 1964)

Box 43, Folder 6

Documentation

Roll 2**

Drawings

C&C Development-Kling Street Apartments (North Hollywood, 1964)

Flatfile 48**

Drawings

Box 43, Folder 7

Black-and-white photographs

Gepner and Beck Apartments (Beverly Hills, 1964)

Box 5, Folder 1

Documentation

Flatfile 49**

Drawings

Cruz Apartments (Los Angeles, 1964)

Flatfile 47**

Standard drawings

Box 82*, Folder 1

Presentation drawing

Roll 4**

Oversize drawings

Drane House (Los Angeles, 1964)

Drawings

Flatfile 52**

Standard

Box 92, Folder 5

Photographic negative of plan

Box 43, Folder 8

Black-and-white photographs

Colman Addition (Pacific Palisades, 1964)

Box 5, Folder 2-3

Documentation

Drawings

Flatfile 53**

Standard

Box 92, Folder 6

Photographic negatives of plans

Box 44, Folder 1

Black-and-white photographs

Strimling House (Encino, 1964)

Box 5, Folder 4

Documentation

Drawings

Flatfile 54**

Standard

Roll 5**

Oversize

Greene House (Pacific Palisades, 1964)

Flatfile 50**

Standard drawings

Roll 3**

Oversize drawing

Flatfile 51**

Kirkwood House (Pacific Palisades, 1964)

Kappe House (Pacific Palisades, 1965)

Documentation

Box 5, Folder 5-7

General

Box 76*, Folder 1-2

Oversize magazine clippings and printed ephemera

Box 77*, Folder 1

Oversize newspaper clippings

Drawings

Flatfile 55**-56**

Standard

Box 76*, Folder 2A

Negatives of drawings

Photography

Box 44, Folder 2

Black-and-white photographs

Box 92, Folder 7

Color photographs and negatives

Curtis House (Topanga Canyon, 1965)

Box 5, Folder 8-9

Documentation

Flatfile 57**

Drawings

Flatfile 58**

Moss House (Encino, 1965)

Drawings

Flatfile 58**-58A**

Standard

Roll 6**

Oversize

Flatfile 58B**

Specifications

Lawrence Office and Apartment Buildings (Tarzana, 1965)

Documentation

Box 6, Folder 1-3

General

Box 75*, Folder 6

Oversize clipping

Drawings

Flatfile 306**-306A**

Standard

Roll 9**

Oversize

Box 44, Folder 3

Black-and-white photographs

Staw House (Claremont, 1965)

Box 6, Folder 4

Documentation

Flatfile 60**

Drawings

Sears House (Taos, New Mexico, 1965)

Box 6, Folder 5

Documentation

Flatfile 61**

Drawings

Flatfile 59**

Nicosia House (Los Angeles, 1965)

Flatfile 62**

Butnik House (Encino, 1966)

Pregerson House (Pacific Palisades, 1966)

Documentation

Box 6, Folder 6-9

General

Box 77*, Folder 2

Oversize clippings

Flatfile 63**

Drawings

Photography

Box 44, Folder 4

Black-and-white photographs

Box 92, Folder 8

Color photograph

Box 89*

Model

Flatfile 65**

Schultz Condominium (Palos Verdes, 1966)

Roll 7**

LGM Apartments (Encino, 1966)

Gould House (Brentwood, 1966)

Scope and Content Note

See also 1967 Jacobson addition.

Flatfile 64**

Drawings

Photography

Box 44, Folder 5

Black-and-white photographs

Box 92, Folder 9

Color photographs

Box 87*

Model

Flatfile 66**

Simon Rodia Community Art Center (Los Angeles, 1966)

Flatfile 67**

Vaughn Remodel (1966)

Wildhorn Remodel (Pacific Palisades, 1967)

Box 6, Folder 10

Documentation

Flatfile 68**

Drawings

Tee Pee Corporation (Torrance, 1967)

Flatfile 76**

Standard drawings

Roll 8**

Oversize drawings

Flatfile 75**

Cohee House (Los Angeles, 1967)

Industrial Brush Building (Pomona, 1967)

Box 6, Folder 11

Documentation

Flatfile 69**-70**

Drawings

R.G. Harris Company Industrial Park (Torrance, 1967)

Flatfile 72**

Drawings

Box 93, Folder 1

Color photographs and negatives

Scope and Content Note

Included here are photographs of subsequent R.G. Harris Company projects.

Commercial and Residential Development for Lee Grant (San Fernando Valley)

Flatfile 288**

Standard drawings

Roll 9**

Oversize drawings

Flatfile 289**

Compton Corporation Yard Study

Flatfile 338**

Cooper Addition

Crenshaw Imperial Business District (Inglewood)

Flatfile 290**-291A**

Standard drawings

Roll 24**

Oversize drawings

Flatfile 338**

Delgado Office

Flatfile 338**

Del Mar Garden Apartments

Flatfile 338**

Diamond House

Flatfile 338**

Eisenberg House

Flatfile 338**

Elias House Patio Enclosure

Flatfile 338**

Enstedt House Kitchen Remodel (Pacific Palisades)

Flatfile 338**

Foote House (Woodland Hills)

Flatfile 292**

Frantz Addition and Remodel (Sherman Oaks)

Flatfile 293**

Fry House (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 294**

Garden Apartments (San Buenaventura)

Flatfile 295**

Gepner Remodel (Royal Oaks)

Box 48, Folder 9

Gray Area Study

Flatfile 296**

Green Acres Condominiums (Los Angeles)

Hamel Remodel

Box 13, Folder 12

Documentation

Flatfile 172**

Drawings

Flatfile 297**

Heller-Kingson House

Box 41, Folder 10

Housing Proposal (Inglewood)

Flatfile 298**

Hurd House (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 338**

Irwin House (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 299**

KD 12-unit Apartments (Van Nuys)

KPFK Building

Box 48, Folder 10

Photographs of drawings

Box 96, Folder 9

Photographic negatives of drawings

Flatfile 300**

Kaplan-Rowitch Medical Building

Flatfile 301**

Karasick House Remodel (Van Nuys)

Flatfile 338**

Karasick Office

Flatfile 302**

Kihei Residential Unit (Waiuku, Hawaii)

Flatfile 303**

Klein House (Aptos)

Flatfile 339**

Kolodziejski Condominiums (Marina del Rey)

Flatfile 339**

Kritzer Addition

Flatfile 307**

Lee Remodel (Monterey Park)

Flatfile 308**

Leveson Remodel (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 338**

Lewis Remodel (Pacific Palisades)

Flatfile 338**

Light House

Flatfile 309**

Loyola Marymount University Faculty Modular Offices (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 310**

Luskin Remodel (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 337**

Marcus House Kitchen Remodel

Flatfile 311**

Margolis Remodel (Sherman Oaks)

Flatfile 312**

Marsh Remodel (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 313**

Miller House (Sherman Oaks)

Flatfile 314**

Miller Remodel (Santa Monica)

Flatfile 338**

Moss House (Mr. Nathan) (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 337**

Nally House

Flatfile 315**

Nelson House

Flatfile 337**

Occidental Escrow

Box 82A*

Parking Garage

Flatfile 339**

Planned Residential Development for A.D. Schultz

Flatfile 338**

Portal to America/Lower East Side Exhibit

Flatfile 317**

Railroad Museum (Inglewood)

Flatfile 318**

Rand House

Flatfile 339**

Redlich House (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 319**

Rockney House (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 320**

Rosenfeld Remodel (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 321**

Schneider House (Beverly Hills)

Flatfile 322**

Schneider House (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 338**

Seal Beach Downtown Revitalization Study (Seal Beach)

Flatfile 339**

Sherman House

Flatfile 323**

Singer House (Los Angeles)

Siskin, Rancho Sierra (Riverside)

Flatfile 324**-325**

Standard drawings

Roll 25**-26**

Oversize drawings

Siskin Ranchos Community Center (Bullard)

Flatfile 326**

Standard drawings

Roll 27**

Oversize drawings

Flatfile 339**

Sommers House (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 328**

Southern California Institute of Architects (Santa Monica)

Flatfile 337**

Stevens Apartment

Flatfile 337**

Tatkin House (Brentwood)

Flatfile 338**

Torrance Professional Building

Flatfile 337**

Town Center

Flatfile 330**-331**

Typical Cluster

University of California Arts Center (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 332**

Standard drawings

Box 82*, Folder 5

Presentation drawings and plans

Flatfile 333-334**

VSI Corporation Facility (Fillmore)

Flatfile 337**

Webservice Building (Los Angeles)

Flatfile 335**

Westwood Village Mixed Use Development

Flatfile 336**

Whitmore House (Beverly Hills)

Flatfile 337**

Woodcrest House

Flatfile 339**

Zukin Addition (Sherman Oaks)

Unidentified projects,
undated

Flatfile 349**

Drawings

Box 95, Folder 13

Slides of models and plans

Box 74

Model

Series II.
Faculty papers,1966-2002, undated

Physical Description:
7.5 linear feet
(9 boxes, 1 flatfile, 1 roll)

Scope and Content Note

Materials relating to both teaching and administration from Kappe's tenure at California Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal
Poly Pomona) and Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) comprise this series. While there is limited documentation
from his time at Cal Poly Pomona, Kappe maintained thorough records of his career at SCI-Arc. Course materials include syllabi,
handouts, notes, surveys and student projects. Administrative materials include accreditation documents, expansion proposals,
general correspondence, and papers relating to the Institute for Future Studies.

Arrangement

The series is arranged into four groupings: SCI-Arc, Cal Poly Pomona, miscellaneous and sealed materials. The large section
of Sci-Arc material is further subdivided by topic.

The series is comprised of materials relating to a broad range of Kappe's professional activities and affiliations. It includes
awards and honors received, professional service and memberships, office records, Kappe's writings and lectures and reference
materials. The series also contains newspaper and magazine articles that Kappe assembled over the course of his career that
chronicle both his work as well as his professional interests. Due to water damage, access to some items in this series may
be limited.

Arrangement

The series is arranged by topic.

Awards and honors,1965-2001

Box 57, Folder 1

General correspondence,1965-1976

FAIA election,1969

Box 57, Folder 2

Correspondence,1969

Box 79*, Folder 1

Newspaper clippings,1969

AIA Triennial Honor awards,1966-1974

Box 57, Folder 3

Award booklets,1974

Box 79*, Folder 2

Newspaper documentation,1966

Box 57, Folder 4

AIA Kappe awards materials,1985-2001

Committees and professional service,1961-1986

Box 57, Folder 5-10

AIA awards committees,1977-1984

Box 58, Folder 1-4

AIA education committees,1975-1986

California Council of the AIA,1966-1984

CCAIA Conference,1984

Box 58, Folder 5-7

Planning and packet

Box 79*, Folder 3

Layout

Box 58, Folder 8

Committee on Environment,1966-1970

Box 58, Folder 9

Legislative materials,1966

Southern California Chapter of the AIA,1961-1969, undated

Box 59, Folder 1

Various committee reports,1966

Urban Design Committee,1961-1969, undated

Box 59, Folder 2

Beverly Glen,1966

Box 59, Folder 3

Billboard control,1964

Box 59, Folder 4-6

City of Los Angeles reports and correspondence,1966-1967

Box 79*, Folder 4

City Planning Department special studies,1967

City planning documentation,1964-1968

Box 59, Folder 7

General papers,1964-1968

Box 79*, Folder 5

Newspaper clippings,1964-1967

Community Redevelopment Agency,undated

Box 60, Folder 1

Circulation Distribution Study documentation,undated

Box 79*, Folder 6

Circulation Distribution Study drawings,undated

Box 59, Folder 8

County planning documentation,1964-1968

Box 60, Folder 2

Parking ordinance,1966-1967

Box 60, Folder 3

State planning,1966-1968

Box 60, Folder 4

Statements,1963-1966

Box 60, Folder 5

Town Hall meetings,1964-1965

Townscape Design Program,1966

Box 60, Folder 6

Documentation,1966

Box 79*, Folder 7

Oversize,1966

Box 60, Folder 7

Transportation Sub-Committee,1966

Box 59, Folder 3

National papers,1961-1966

Box 60, Folder 8-10

Miscellaneous papers,1966-1969

Box 60, Folder 11

Related clippings,1965-1966

Box 62, Folder 1-2

Citizens groups,1965-1968

Los Angeles Goals Program,1964-1969, undated

Environmental Goals Sub-Committee,1965-1968

Box 61, Folder 1-5

Reports and correspondence,1966-1968

Box 61, Folder 6

Proposals,1965-undated

Box 62, Folder 5

Goals Council Meetings,1967-1968

Box 62, Folder 3-4

Housing Goals Sub-Committee,1967-1968, undated

Box 63, Folder 1-8

Reports and general material,1964-1969

Professional memberships,1963-1987, undated

The American Institute of Architects,1963-1983

Box 64, Folder 1-2

Correspondence and meeting minutes,1969-1970

Box 64, Folder 3

Energy Notebook1977

Box 64, Folder 4-5

Keynote address,1977

Box 64, Folder 6

Newsletters,1963-1983

California Council of the AIA1964-1978

Box 65, Folder 1-2

Annual conference,1978

Box 65, Folder 3-6

Correspondence and meeting minutes,1964-1969

Box 65, Folder 7

Newsletters,1967-1977

Southern California Chapter of the AIA,1966-1978

Box 64, Folder 7-8

Correspondence and meeting minutes,1966-1970, undated

Box 64, Folder 9

Newsletters,1967-1978

Box 65, Folder 8

Architects Designers Planners for Social Responsibility,1983-1987

Box 66, Folder 1-3

Council for Planning and Conservation,1967-1971

Box 66, Folder 4

Homeowner's Association of Rustic Canyon,1968

Box 66, Folder 5

Los Angeles Design Alliance,1984

Box 66, Folder 6

Los Angeles Family Housing Corporation,1983

Box 66, Folder 4

Planning and Conservation League for Legislative Action,1966-1968

Box 66, Folder 3

The Planning Collaborative,undated

Office records,1959-2001, undated

Box 67, Folder 1

Applications for employment,1982-1984

Business development and marketing,1977-1982

Box 67, Folder 2

Baldwin Park Redevelopment Agency,1977

Box 67, Folder 3

Miscellaneous urban design queries,1977

Box 67, Folder 4

Prospective developments,1978-1982

Box 67, Folder 5

Public Works Agency, County of Ventura,1977

Box 68, Folder 12-14

Energy proposals,1976-1977

Box 67, Folder 6

Financial correspondence,1980

Box 67, Folder 7

Firm-related newspaper articles,1969-1976

Box 67, Folder 8

Forum article,
1979

Box 67, Folder 10

Land Planning Associates,1964-1965

Box 67, Folder 11

Letters of recommendation,1978-1981

Box 67, Folder 12

Notes and correspondence,1977-1981, undated

Box 67, Folder 9

Project compilations,undated

Box 67, Folder 13

Reiss-Davis Clinic Financial Advisory Board,1959-1961

Box 67, Folder 14-16

Miscellaneous,1966-2001, undated

Box 67, Folder 14

1966-1973, undated

Box 67, Folder 15

1977-2001, undated

Box 68, Folder 10-11

Lectures, articles and book materials,1977-1991, undated

Career documentation,1966-2007

General press coverage,1966-2007

Box 68, Folder 1-8A

Magazine articles,1977-2004

Box 79*, Folder 8-10

Newspaper clippings,1966-1988

Box 68, Folder 9

Living Homes press coverage,2006-2007

Box 96, Folder 10

Image portfolio,undated

Reference materials,1961-2005

Scope and Content Note

Various topics with an emphasis on energy and solar issues, as well as planning.